A BYZANTINE GOLD AND PEARL FINGER RING
A BYZANTINE GOLD AND PEARL FINGER RING

CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.

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A BYZANTINE GOLD AND PEARL FINGER RING
CIRCA 6TH-7TH CENTURY A.D.
The hoop formed from bead-and-reel wire, framed by two granules where it joins the underside of the crenelated four-pronged bezel, the prongs supporting a circle of beaded wire, a pearl in the center suspended by a plain wire that threads through and wraps around the beaded wire circle in alignment with the hoop
13/16 in. (2 cm.) wide
Provenance
South German Private Collection, late 1990s.

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